Thomas Jefferson Statue REMOVED From NYC City Hall 11/23/21

Amala Ekpunobi

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🗓️ 24 November 2021

⏱️ 75 minutes

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On today’s show: NYC removes a 187 year-old Thomas Jefferson statue, JK Rowling is doxxed for acknowledging biological sex, and Whoopi Goldberg and Amber Ruffin become the latest pundits to attack Kyle Rittenhouse. Plus Nick Searcy joins to discuss his new documentary “Capitol Punishment” about January 6, TikTok Tuesday, and more!

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0:00.0	Thank you all for coming to my press conference here at City Hall.
0:05.0	I will now be opening it up for Q&A.
0:08.0	So yes.
0:10.0	Hi, hi, yes.
0:11.0	My immediate question is why is it that New York City Hall is deciding to get rid of the
0:15.6	Thomas Jefferson statue?
0:16.6	I thought that he presented a lot of great American histories, quite literally a role model
0:20.8	for a lot of young Americans.
0:21.8	Why get rid of the statue?
0:22.8	I'm going to stop you there.
0:24.8	First, asking these kinds of questions is racist.
0:27.8	Secondly, you should know that there are much better role models for people in this country
0:32.5	than Thomas Jefferson.
0:35.5	Oh, Thomas Jefferson.
0:37.0	Okay.
0:38.0	So you're planning on replacing the statue?
0:39.8	Is that correct or?
0:41.4	Yes, that.
0:42.4	Any plans?
0:43.4	Oh, okay.
0:44.4	And what are you planning on replacing it with?
0:46.6	Well, we have a couple of options, which I'm actually very excited about.
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